EP0664591A2 - Transmetteur laser à diode avec contrôle de rafale - Google Patents

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EP0664591A2
EP0664591A2 EP95100505A EP95100505A EP0664591A2 EP 0664591 A2 EP0664591 A2 EP 0664591A2 EP 95100505 A EP95100505 A EP 95100505A EP 95100505 A EP95100505 A EP 95100505A EP 0664591 A2 EP0664591 A2 EP 0664591A2
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Johannes Dipl.-Ing. Schweinberger
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    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
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    • H01S5/0683Stabilisation of laser output parameters by monitoring the optical output parameters
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/068Stabilisation of laser output parameters
    • H01S5/06825Protecting the laser, e.g. during switch-on/off, detection of malfunctioning or degradation
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50Transmitters
    • H04B10/501Structural aspects
    • H04B10/503Laser transmitters
    • H04B10/504Laser transmitters using direct modulation
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    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/50Transmitters
    • H04B10/564Power control
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    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/062Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
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  • the invention relates to a method for burst control of a laser diode transmitter and a laser diode transmitter for carrying out the method.
  • the semiconductor laser diodes used in laser diode transmitters have characteristics for converting the electrical current into the light to be emitted, the usable range of which lies above a certain threshold current.
  • This threshold current depends on the one hand on the one hand and on the other hand changes strongly with temperature and during the service life.
  • the steepness of the part of the converter characteristic curve used as the working characteristic curve is also heavily dependent on the temperature and is subject to considerable variation in specimens. Therefore, in addition to a regulated bias current, a regulated modulation current is usually also supplied to the laser diodes, a regulation signal frequently being used for regulation, which is generated by a monitor photodiode optically coupled to the laser diode.
  • laser control circuits known from DE A1 2847182 work in principle with two mutually dependent control loops, the control information of which relating to the average light output and the peak value of the modulation signal are represented by DC voltage signals.
  • the control criteria are output signals from low-pass filters, which are further processed in appropriately slow control loops. Smooth operation of the laser diode transmitter is therefore a prerequisite for the function of the control.
  • burst mode for example for the transmission from the subscriber-oriented terminal to the central office, in which pulse or data packets are transmitted by means of optical burst signals.
  • burst signals because of the long settling times, the transmission of burst signals with these known laser diode transmitters is not possible, since the signal transmission would fall into the start-up phase of the control.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to further develop the above-mentioned method for laser diode regulation and the corresponding laser diode transmitter so that the transmission of comparatively short burst signals, for example with a duration of 1-10 ⁇ s with burst intervals of 1 ⁇ s to 5s, also during the network measurement phase immediately after initial start-up with low pulse distortion.
  • the laser diode transmitter shown in FIG. 1 contains a D flip-flop DFF, the D input of which has an input HPE for a signal corresponding to the logic high level and its trigger Input is connected to an input LSE for a signal for laser transmitter release.
  • the signal for laser transmitter release is generated by an external control very shortly before the planned transmission of the optical burst signals.
  • An input for a switch-on signal of a charging multiplexer LMUX and the control input of a controlled switch VSS, which is connected between a connection -Ub for a negative operating voltage and the corresponding operating voltage connection of a bias current source VSQ, are also connected to the input LSE.
  • a control input of the load multiplexer LMUX and a control input of a signal multiplexer DMUX are connected to the non-inverting output Q of the D flip-flop.
  • An input connection of the signal multiplexer DMUX is connected to the input HPE for a high level signal
  • a further input connection of the signal multiplexer DMUX is connected to the data signal input DSE, at which the data packet to be transmitted is caused by the external control, a time ⁇ after the generation of the signal to the laser transmitter - Approval pending.
  • the signal multiplexer LMUX represents a controlled changeover switch with three switch positions, with the output of the charge multiplexer being connected to the input terminal LN in the upper switch position, at which an externally generated charging voltage is present.
  • the charge multiplexer LMUX is connected to reference potential, so that in this switch position a discharge process of the voltage store SS connected to the output of the charge multiplexer is possible.
  • the voltage store SS for example in the form of a capacitor, is additionally connected to a control input of a modulation current source MSQ, the current generated by this current source changing linearly with the voltage at the voltage store SS.
  • the modulation current source MSQ is also connected to the negative operating voltage source -Ub and via a modulator MO in the form of a controlled switch with the laser diode LD Laser diode transmitter connected.
  • the modulator MO is controlled by the output of the signal multiplexer DMUX, which is connected to a corresponding control signal input of the modulator.
  • the bias current source VSQ additionally connected to the laser diode generates a bias current for the laser diode, which is regulated by the temperature control TR as a function of the temperature on an outer surface of the laser diode.
  • the light generated by the laser diode LD is coupled on the one hand for signal transmission into an optical fiber LWL, on the other side of the laser diode an additional monitor photodiode is coupled to the laser diode and generates a photocurrent depending on the respective light output of the laser diode, which is a photocurrent amplifier V is fed.
  • the laser diode and the monitor photodiode are connected in the usual way to a source for a positive operating voltage + Ub.
  • a voltage signal corresponding to the average light output of the laser diode is emitted from the photocurrent amplifier V to a signal input of a fast voltage comparator KO, the comparison signal input of which is connected to a source for a reference voltage Uref.
  • the level changes at its output and thus at the directly connected reset input R of the D flip-flop and also at its non-inverting output Q.
  • the time or pulse diagram shown in FIG. 2 is used to explain the mode of operation of FIG. 1.
  • the upper line labeled LSE shows the course of the laser transmitter enable signal present at the corresponding input, by means of which the laser transmitter is activated and which switches over the clock input of the D flip-flop.
  • the level at the non-inverting output Q of the D flip-flop thus jumps to a high level, as shown in the second line labeled UQ.
  • the charging multiplexer LMUX is switched so that a charging current flows to the charging multiplexer output and thus to the voltage memory SS via the input labeled LN.
  • the third line, labeled SS shows the voltage profile at the voltage memory SS and thus also at the control signal input of the modulation current source MSQ.
  • the charging circuit for the voltage circuit SS is designed in such a way that the voltage at the voltage memory and thus also the modulation current shown in the line MI increase linearly regardless of the data content.
  • the line for the modulation current shows the total current flowing through the laser diode, which is denoted by LDI. It can be seen that this laser diode current is composed of the modulation current and a direct current component, which represents the bias current VI for setting the operating point of the laser diode.
  • the monitor photodiode MD Depending on the light output, the monitor photodiode MD generates a photocurrent, which is converted by the photocurrent amplifier V into a voltage UV, which is shown in the correspondingly labeled line and is compared by the comparator KO with the externally generated reference voltage Uref. As long as the voltage UV is less than the reference voltage, there is a high level at the comparator output, which is switched off again if the two comparator voltages are identical; the course of this level UK is shown in the bottom line of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 3 shows the circuit parts of the block diagram according to FIG. 1 relating to the modulation current control in detail without the monitor photodiode, the photocurrent amplifier and the comparator.
  • the clock input of the D flip-flop DFF is in turn connected to the input connection LSE for the laser transmitter enable signal and the connection HPE for a high level signal is connected to its D input, and the reset input R is also connected to the output of the comparator KO (not shown) .
  • the charging multiplexer DMUX is implemented by the first and second diodes D1, D2, the charging resistor RL and the discharge capacitor CE.
  • the voltage memory SS in the form of a capacitor SSK and the gate terminal of a first transistor TR1 are connected to the non-inverting output Q of the D flip-flop via a series circuit comprising the charging resistor RL and the first diode D1.
  • the source terminal of this transistor TR1 is connected to reference potential via a source resistor RS, while the drain terminal of the first transistor TR1 is connected to the emitter terminals of a second and a third transistor TR2, TR3.
  • the second and the third transistor TR2, TR3 form an emitter-coupled differential amplifier, which is driven in push-pull with the data D to be transmitted and in which the laser diode is optionally connected to the collector terminal of the second or third transistor TR2, TR3.
  • a series resistor RV is connected, which is led to the connection for the positive operating voltage + UB and which, together with the charging resistor RL, results in a voltage divider through which the positive operating voltage is reduced to the size of the Threshold voltage of the field effect transistor TR1 is reduced, this ensures that the first transistor TR1 always remains in the active region.
  • the first diode D1 is continuous during the charging phase of the voltage storage capacitor SSK, and this diode is blocked when the holding phase is reached.
  • the series circuit comprising a second diode D2 and discharge capacitor CE, which is additionally connected to the voltage memory, is blocked, since the discharge capacitor CE is connected to the input terminal LSE for the laser transmitter enable signal and this during the hold phase - as from line 1 of Figure 2 shows - is at high level.
  • the low or L level is present at the input terminal LSE, so that the voltage storage capacitor SSK can discharge to a voltage that is only dependent on the capacitance ratio via the series connection of the second diode D2 and the discharge capacitor CE of the voltage storage capacitor and the discharge capacitor and the voltage at the start of discharge. This ensures that the discharge process is largely independent of the subsequent burst pauses.
  • a third diode D3 is connected to the connection between the second diode D2 and the discharge capacitor CE, the other connection of which is led to the connection for the positive operating voltage + UB.
  • the third diode D3 is polarized so that the discharge capacitor CE is discharged again at this burst signal with the high level of the laser transmitter enable signal at the next burst signal.
  • the targeted discharge of both the voltage storage capacitor SSK and the discharge capacitor CE ensures that overcharging of the voltage storage and thus an excessively high modulation current is excluded, the charging pulse duration ⁇ , i.e. the time until the maximum modulation current is reached, is also set such that it is always greater than the delay in the control loop.

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US7352784B2 (en) 2004-07-20 2008-04-01 Jds Uniphase Corporation Laser burst boosting method and apparatus
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US7352784B2 (en) 2004-07-20 2008-04-01 Jds Uniphase Corporation Laser burst boosting method and apparatus
EP2568547A1 (fr) 2011-09-06 2013-03-13 Leica Geosystems AG Pilote laser sans moniteur à diode
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